Just to let you know.
I’ve got this HP Dv7 laptop running for the first time in nearly a year. I want to use it because it has better graphics and sound than my Dell XP desk top.
What a mess though.
I uninstalled a dozen or more programs. I updated a few others. The Windows update, 79 in all, took 4 hours to complete.
I’m well aware of overheating issues and have the thing set up for maximum air.
Still crashing when I run video/youtube type stuff. Never maxing out the processor. But at least it will restart now.
I’m convinced that the problem is with the battery.
It won’t run on battery alone and you can’t run it on AC without the battery. I think the Battery is overheating and or is losing a proper connection.
The missus laptop was a Vista update issue.
I scrapped Vista, went to Se7en, grabbed a second hard drive, and kept the old data on her old drive accessable that way.
The DV7’s did have battery issues, but I don’t recall the exact model runs.
[The missus doesn’t have a battery issue.]
Yes, quite a mess.
I hated Vista, it was heavily annoying, and the update issue was the final straw.
It wouldn’t boot, and when it did it wouldn’t shut down.
Or it took glacially forever to do anything.
[Dual core processor, moved slower than my Athlon XP 2800 single core. All due to one update. That refused to be fixed. Oh, and system restore didn’t work.]